Cartridge recommendations for TW Acustic 10.5 arm.
TW Acustic 10.5 tonearm owners with Raven One: What are your top recommendations for very low output moving coils? Anyone especially have experience with the Benz Ebony TR (.1mv) or the Miyajima Kansui (.23mv)?
I currently own the Dynavector XV-1S. It is a very fine cartridge, however, I'm curious about the Kansui and the very low output Benz. Based on the resonance frequency chart at resfreq.com/resonancecalculator.html the Kansui might constitute a better match with the 10.5 arm than the Benz. I realize other factors can also have a significant bearing on ultimate satisfaction.
I've lived with the Kansui on the TW arm boarded onto the TW Raven Limited for about 2 months now. My only prior cartridge experience was with the Lyra TItan. Kansui relegates the Lyra to mere hi-fi: Kansui makes music. Note that it is very sensitive to VTA setting, which is a dialing pleasure on the TW arm.
Dr_john...With that 10.5/TW Raven Limited/Kansui combo, I'm interested in knowing if the sound conveys somewhat of a warm, supple, easy to listen to quality. Would you also please tell me what your electronics and speakers are? Sincere thanks.
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